Funding

California-Based Twin1 AI Raises $20M in Seed Funding

Aug 21, 2026 | By Devin Jacobs

SUMMARY

  • Twin1 AI raised $20M in Seed funding.
  • The funding will support team growth and platform development.
  • Twin1 AI develops AI-powered digital twins.

Twin1 AI, a San Mateo, CA-based provider of an AI-powered digital twin platform for knowledge workers, has raised $20 million in a Seed funding round co-led by Bessemer Venture Partners, Tribeca Venture Partners, and Aramco Ventures.

The round also saw participation from EJF Ventures, Tin Alley Ventures, AGI House Ventures, Neo, F-Prime, Btech Consortium, Antiportfolio Ventures, Lakestar, Notion Capital, Insiders, Orrick, Haakon Overli, Roy Reznick, Hans Tung, Kevin Buehler, Robert Trezona, and Dan Wong.

The company plans to use the funding to expand its teams in San Mateo and London, strengthen go to market activities, and further develop its technology.

Funding Snapshot

MetricDetails
Fundraise Amount$20 million
Funding StageSeed
ValuationNot disclosed
CompanyTwin1 AI
SectorEnterprise AI / Digital Twins
HeadquartersSan Mateo, California, USA

About Twin1

Founded in 2025 by Lewis Z. Liu, Tom Cahn, Huiting Liu, and Jonathan Budd, Twin1 AI develops AI-powered digital twins that help professionals extend their knowledge, judgment, context, and communication capabilities.

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The platform connects with workplace systems such as email, meetings, documents, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Drive, Outlook, Gmail, and SharePoint. It uses this work context to help AI agents provide more relevant and permission-aware support.

Core offerings include:

  • Artificial intelligence (AI) powered digital twins for professionals
  • Enterprise knowledge
  • Permission aware Artificial intelligence (AI) coordination
  • Integration with workplace communication

Core Technologies / Products / Services

Capability/ProductApplication/Use Case
AI Digital TwinsReplicate professional knowledge, judgment and context
Enterprise Knowledge LayerConnect siloed organizational knowledge
AI Agent CoordinationHelp people and AI agents work together
Workplace IntegrationsConnect email, meetings, documents and collaboration tools

Leadership Comments

“In every knowledge organization, the human is the atomic unit of knowledge. The opportunity with AI is not to flatten people’s expertise into generic output, but to connect and amplify their unique knowledge, judgment and context,” said Dr. Lewis Liu, co-founder and CEO of Twin1 AI.

“Twin1 is the purest expression of the coordination layer we believe will define the next generation of enterprise AI,” said Brian Hirsch, co-founder and partner at Tribeca Venture Partners.

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